Royal Enfield has an "amazing generation of new products" for BS-VI - Siddhartha Lal

Previously, Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, had confirmed that the new BS-VI emission norms would serve as an excellent opportunity to introduce the company’s model range in a new avatar. Now, it’s Eicher Motors’ CEO, Siddhartha Lal who has dropped hints of a new product line up that would arrive with the enforcement of the emission norms.

The Royal Enfield Classic 500 Scrambler was spotted earlier this month.

Our new product introduction takes three-and-a-half to four years. We have been working on all our BS-VI products. And we think we have an amazing generation of new products that’s going to come out for BS-VI. In all of our testing, we’re already way below the BS-VI emission requirements. So, from a pure technical perspective, we are meeting all the emission requirements.

So, what should you expect from Royal Enfield? A report this year said RE plans to introduce motorcycles based on four new platforms – P, J, Q and K. The J architecture will underpin the BS-VI versions of Royal Enfield’s existing products Classic, Thunderbird, Bullet, and Himalayan.

The Q and K architecture would underpin higher displacement motorcycles and put Royal Enfield against brands like Harley-Davidson and Triumph Motorcycles. Royal Enfield has already revealed the Concept KX that, as the name suggests, uses the K platform. The bobber concept was showcased with an 838 cc V-twin motor. Lal told the Economic Times that the production-spec KX will be bigger than the motorcycle displayed at the EICMA show.

Royal Enfield will introduce more products based on the 650 cc platform post-2020. The architecture could deliver a bigger Himalayan adventure tourer motorcycle (rendered) next decade.